Teito gakei ichiran
Teito gakei ichiran is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book of Kyoto views compiled by Rai San'yō, illustrated by Seita Ryūsen and Kawamura Bunpō, published in 1809 for a general readership of travellers and armchair admirers of famous places. Its pages show sparse ink-line landscapes of bare winter trees, pine groves, shrines, torii gates, field paths and garden walls, with the uncoloured lines and generous white space offering a designer a model of economical, airy monochrome composition.
